Anniston Has Destroyed 58 Percent of Sarin Stocks

The U.S. Army’s Anniston Chemical Depot in Alabama by Feb. 10 had destroyed 58 percent of its sarin stockpile, nearly 510,000 pounds of the chemical agent, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, Jan. 20).

Disposal began in 2003. Workers at the facility this year plan to eliminate sarin-filled artillery shells, and have begun to destroy 8-inch munitions, AP reported. They are later set to destroy sarin-filled 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells (Associated Press, Feb. 14).

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